Cultural Property Observer

A Web Log Championing the Longstanding Interests of Collectors in the Preservation, Study, Display and Enjoyment of Cultural Artifacts Against an "Archaeology Over All" Perspective

Monday, July 30, 2012

The Aleppo Codex Mystery

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The New York Times has an interesting article about the mystery how the Aleppo Codex came to Israel and how it might have lost some 200 pag...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

More Coins Return to ANS

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"Culture Grrl" has additional coverage about more Huntington coins being “repatriated” back to the ANS due to the generosity ...

Monday, July 23, 2012

Poor Laws Damage Heritage

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Here is a bit of common sense from an Indian professor that outlines how poor laws and a worse cultural establishment in that country have ...

Thursday, July 19, 2012

If You Can't Beat Them Why Not Join Them?

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The archaeological blogosphere is full at the moment with all sorts of snobby, condescending blather about a new TV show in the UK that high...

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Revised MOU Confirms Restrictions Wrongly Placed on Coins?

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The CPIA, 19 U.S.C. Section 2602 (a) (1) (C) (ii) limits restrictions only to circumstances where less drastic remedies are unavailable. T...

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Cyprus in Breach of MOU with US?

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In return for precluding Americans from purchasing undocumented Cypriot antiquities (which means an embargo for all practical purposes for t...

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Friday, July 13, 2012

It's Friday the 13th-- Cypriot Import Restrictions Renewed

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It’s Friday the 13th and the State Department and US Customs and Border Protection have extended the current import restrictions on Cyprio...

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Cultural Property Observer: Washington, DC, United States; Peter Tompa has collected ancient coins for almost 50 years. He has written and lectured about cultural property issues for a decade. He is a contributor to a chapter on numismatics in K. Fitz Gibbon ed., "Who Owns the Past?" (Rutgers 2005). He has lobbied members of the U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch in an effort to ensure that the small businesses of the numismatic trade receive fair treatment from federal regulators. He currently serves as a board member of the Cultural Policy Research Institute and the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild. He also has been a co-chair of the American Bar Association's Art & Cultural Heritage Law Committee. His advocacy has received notice in the media, including the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Art Newspaper and the Voice of America. He hopes his views as a collector and lawyer will provide a counterpoint to the "archaeology over all" perspective found in most blogs about cultural property issues. This Web page is a public resource for general information and opinion about cultural property issues, and is not intended to be a source for legal advice. Opinions expressed here are the author's own.

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